As soon as the two left, Feng Xiao's face darkened instantly. He looked at the various demons trapped in the willow branch cage and said coldly, "If you look again, I'll gouge your eyes out."
The demons: "..."
Is this person crazy?!
Inside the treehouse.
From the outside, the room looks small, but once you go inside, you'll find that it's quite spacious.
Hua Liu led Qi Yu into a small room and gestured for her to sit down.
Looking at the warm and comfortable room, Qi Yu asked, "Mom, have you been living here all these years?"
Hua Liu nodded and pointed to a small square box, saying, "Not bad, right? I even made that projector myself."
Qi Yu found a seat and finally got down to business.
"Mom, when did you come in? And how did you know I would come in too?"
Hua Liu nestled into a fluffy and soft-looking sofa and shook a small bell on the table.
A little white fox darted in from outside, carrying a tray with two cups of hot tea on its fluffy little paws.
Qi Yu: "..."
This fox looks somewhat familiar.
Qi Yu frowned, deep in thought, when she saw the bow on the fox's neck and suddenly remembered where she had seen this fox before.
Although foxes may all look alike, you can still find differences between them if you look closely.
Take, for example, the little fox that Hua Liu treated as a servant.
Wasn't that the fox that the Venerable Fisherman was holding in his arms back then?!
On the day of the recruitment ceremony to select a master, five elders presented her with their nameplates.
Among them was Venerable Yuge, a beast tamer with mid-Nascent Soul cultivation.
At that moment, she glanced at the little fox in his arms a few more times because it was so beautiful and cute.
What's that fox doing here!
Seeing that Qi Yu was staring at the fox, Hua Liu assumed that she liked it and said, "Xiao Yu, do you want this fox? Mom remembers that you wanted to raise a kitten when you were little. This fox is quite cute, do you want it?"
Qi Yu quickly waved his hand and said, "No, no."
She already has a bird, a dog, and a horse; she really can't handle another fox.
Fengxiao & Xiaohei: "?"
Qi Yu pointed at the little fox and asked, "Mom, where did you catch this fox?"
Hua Liu said, "This fox came to me of its own accord. I thought it was clever, so I kept it to serve me."
The little fox dared not breathe, lying down at Hua Liu's feet as a footrest.
Hua Liu smiled, placed her tender, bare feet on the little fox's snow-white fur, and blew on the steam rising from the teacup.
“Mom can’t leave here. A while ago, she even used it to lure you here.”
Qi Yu: "??"
What does that mean?
No way, could it be that the one who wanted to lure her to the forbidden area that night was the spirit pet of Venerable Fisherman Song, the little fox that took human form?
At the same time, she was also a slave enslaved by Hua Liu, working for her.
If this fox is the demon cultivator from that day, then why would he bribe Wei Suo to monitor her and Liu Xing?
Qi Yu asked in confusion, "Mom, you're so strong, why can't you leave the forbidden area? Why did you have to have the little fox lead me into it? Couldn't you have just told me directly?"
Hua Liu's eyes flashed with a faint golden light as she said, "It's a long story. My mother made a deal with the system."
Qi Yu blinked.
A system? Hua Liu is also bound to a system?
Hua Liu continued, "At that time, my soul was captured by the people of the Time and Space Administration. They thought I was very suitable to be a time traveler, so they promised to fulfill many of my conditions."
"But at that time, I wasn't in a good state of mind, so I turned them down."
Qi Yu's eyes dimmed; she still didn't know why her mother had committed suicide.
"But the people from the Time and Space Administration told me something..."
Qi Yu thought of something and asked, "Is it a natural disaster on Earth?"
Hua Liu nodded and said, "That's right. The people from the Time and Space Administration told me that in that natural disaster, Earth will eventually be destroyed, and you will die as well. But if I am willing to complete the mission they have assigned, I can save you from that world."
“I agreed.” Hua Liu smiled. “The Time and Space Administration assigned me the system, and since then, I have been traveling between different planes, playing various roles, and completing the system’s tasks.”
"Finally, I've accumulated enough points to become the ace transmigrator of the Time and Space Administration. I can finally choose a world as my retirement home."
"I also used points to pull you over from Earth."
"But due to the system's rules, I cannot directly interfere in your affairs, nor can I leave the Flying Star Sect's forbidden area. I can only see you when you explore to my location yourself."
Qi Yu: "..."
She thought to herself, "System..."
System: [Ahem, host, may I say that these are all tasks assigned by superiors?]
It wailed, "I just found out too!"
Good heavens, it seems that both she and Hua Liu's systems are employees of that Time and Space Administration.
Hua Liu's system has agreed to exchange points for the outcome of bringing Qi Yu from the near-extinct Earth into this world.
But when she transmigrated in, the system didn't mention it at all!
They even made her do tasks every day.
Is there any dignity left for those with connections?!
The system, sweating profusely, explained: "Host, I genuinely didn't know. The Time and Space Administration requires souls to be assigned missions before they can enter other worlds; otherwise, it's against the rules. We're just following regulations."
[Host, look, isn't this task quite easy? If you don't want to interfere with the original plot and simply complete the task and ascend to immortality, even if you reach the ending, the Time and Space Administration will still pull you into a higher-dimensional world to retire!]
Qi Yu sneered. The system had a completely different face when she didn't know the truth.
The system sighed and said, "Host, to be honest, perhaps because I forcibly pulled you into this world, the plot of this world has inexplicably become somewhat broken. The system's decision to have you explore the plot is a last resort."
really……
Thinking of the female lead who smiled and turned the male lead into a puppet, Qi Yu silently rubbed her forehead.
While she was meticulously reviewing her experiences after transmigrating into the book, Hua Liu calmly picked up a small object resembling a remote control and pressed a button.
The small square box, referred to as the "projector," instantly changed its shape.
A water curtain slowly appeared on the wall.
Countless images of the outside world were displayed prominently on the water screen.
The cage under the willow tree, the spirit food hall of the Flying Star Sect, the streets of Moon City, and even the scene of the Crimson Forest thousands of miles away were all displayed on the water screen.
Qi Yu noticed these images, and her eyes widened slightly.
"Look, doesn't this look like 'Animal World'? Mom used to love watching it."
Hua Liu pointed to the video showing two massive, long-haired beasts fighting in the Crimson Forest and said with a smile.
Qi Yu: "..."
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